diff --git a/core/block_processor.go b/core/block_processor.go
index 660c917e4..9a7478381 100644
--- a/core/block_processor.go
+++ b/core/block_processor.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ func (self *BlockProcessor) ApplyTransaction(coinbase *state.StateObject, stated
 
 	cb := statedb.GetStateObject(coinbase.Address())
 	_, gas, err := ApplyMessage(NewEnv(statedb, self.bc, tx, header), tx, cb)
-	if err != nil && err != vm.OutOfGasError {
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ func (self *BlockProcessor) ApplyTransactions(coinbase *state.StateObject, state
 		statedb.StartRecord(tx.Hash(), block.Hash(), i)
 
 		receipt, txGas, err := self.ApplyTransaction(coinbase, statedb, header, tx, totalUsedGas, transientProcess)
-		if err != nil && err != vm.OutOfGasError {
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
diff --git a/core/state_transition.go b/core/state_transition.go
index 465000e87..5bcf6c45d 100644
--- a/core/state_transition.go
+++ b/core/state_transition.go
@@ -203,16 +203,23 @@ func (self *StateTransition) transitionState() (ret []byte, usedGas *big.Int, er
 				glog.V(logger.Core).Infoln("Insufficient gas for creating code. Require", dataGas, "and have", self.gas)
 			}
 		}
+		glog.V(logger.Core).Infoln("VM create err:", err)
 	} else {
 		// Increment the nonce for the next transaction
 		self.state.SetNonce(sender.Address(), sender.Nonce()+1)
 		ret, err = vmenv.Call(sender, self.To().Address(), self.data, self.gas, self.gasPrice, self.value)
+		glog.V(logger.Core).Infoln("VM call err:", err)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil && IsValueTransferErr(err) {
 		return nil, nil, InvalidTxError(err)
 	}
 
+	// We aren't interested in errors here. Errors returned by the VM are non-consensus errors and therefor shouldn't bubble up
+	if err != nil {
+		err = nil
+	}
+
 	if vm.Debug {
 		vm.StdErrFormat(vmenv.StructLogs())
 	}
diff --git a/core/types/transaction.go b/core/types/transaction.go
index c381fc5f3..f5392382b 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 )
 
+var ErrInvalidSig = errors.New("invalid v, r, s values")
+
 func IsContractAddr(addr []byte) bool {
 	return len(addr) == 0
 }
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ func (tx *Transaction) SignatureValues() (v byte, r *big.Int, s *big.Int) {
 
 func (tx *Transaction) publicKey() ([]byte, error) {
 	if !crypto.ValidateSignatureValues(tx.data.V, tx.data.R, tx.data.S) {
-		return nil, errors.New("invalid v, r, s values")
+		return nil, ErrInvalidSig
 	}
 
 	// encode the signature in uncompressed format
diff --git a/core/vm/errors.go b/core/vm/errors.go
index 75b9c0f10..209b64c7d 100644
--- a/core/vm/errors.go
+++ b/core/vm/errors.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (self StackError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("stack error! require %v, have %v", self.req, self.has)
 }
 
-func IsStack(err error) bool {
+func IsStackErr(err error) bool {
 	_, ok := err.(StackError)
 	return ok
 }
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index c28258799..840609721 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -524,18 +524,18 @@ func (env *environment) commitTransactions(transactions types.Transactions, gasP
 
 		err := env.commitTransaction(tx, proc)
 		switch {
-		case core.IsNonceErr(err) || core.IsInvalidTxErr(err):
-			env.remove.Add(tx.Hash())
-
-			if glog.V(logger.Detail) {
-				glog.Infof("TX (%x) failed, will be removed: %v\n", tx.Hash().Bytes()[:4], err)
-			}
 		case state.IsGasLimitErr(err):
 			// ignore the transactor so no nonce errors will be thrown for this account
 			// next time the worker is run, they'll be picked up again.
 			env.ignoredTransactors.Add(from)
 
 			glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("Gas limit reached for (%x) in this block. Continue to try smaller txs\n", from[:4])
+		case err != nil:
+			env.remove.Add(tx.Hash())
+
+			if glog.V(logger.Detail) {
+				glog.Infof("TX (%x) failed, will be removed: %v\n", tx.Hash().Bytes()[:4], err)
+			}
 		default:
 			env.tcount++
 		}
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ func (env *environment) commitTransactions(transactions types.Transactions, gasP
 func (env *environment) commitTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, proc *core.BlockProcessor) error {
 	snap := env.state.Copy()
 	receipt, _, err := proc.ApplyTransaction(env.coinbase, env.state, env.header, tx, env.header.GasUsed, true)
-	if err != nil && (core.IsNonceErr(err) || state.IsGasLimitErr(err) || core.IsInvalidTxErr(err)) {
+	if err != nil {
 		env.state.Set(snap)
 		return err
 	}